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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000254",
  "slug": "girdle",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/girdle/",
  "canonical_name": "Girdle",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "GARMENTS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000596",
      "label": "Literal girdle/belt",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Girdle/belt language commonly denotes an actual waist garment or fastening.",
      "not_always": "Literal girdles remain ordinary clothing unless context activates idiom or metaphor.",
      "scope_note": "Literal girdles remain ordinary clothing unless context activates idiom or metaphor.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000596",
          "statement": "A girdle or belt is ordinarily an article worn around the waist, serving practical clothing and equipment functions rather than carrying an intrinsic symbolic meaning.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Literal girdles remain ordinary clothing unless context activates idiom or metaphor.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000926",
              "osis_start": "Exod.28.4",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Exodus 28:4",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000927",
              "osis_start": "Mark.1.6",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Mark 1:6",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000597",
      "label": "Girding loins as readiness for action",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "To gird the loins recurrently functions as an idiom of readiness or preparedness for action.",
      "not_always": "The idiom concerns readiness in its contexts; it does not make every physical girdle a symbol of strength.",
      "scope_note": "The idiom concerns readiness in its contexts; it does not make every physical girdle a symbol of strength.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000597",
          "statement": "The recurring idiom of girding one’s loins expresses readiness, preparedness, or resolute action; this strongly supports the legacy “strength for action” association when stated as an idiom rather than a fixed symbol.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "The idiom concerns readiness in its contexts; it does not make every physical girdle a symbol of strength.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000928",
              "osis_start": "Exod.12.11",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Exodus 12:11",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000929",
              "osis_start": "Job.38.3",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Job 38:3",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000930",
              "osis_start": "1Pet.1.13",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "1 Peter 1:13",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
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                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000598",
      "label": "No fixed girdle code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Girdle/belt imagery receives different figurative associations in different passages.",
      "not_always": "Readiness, righteousness, faithfulness, and truth are context-specific associations rather than one invariant symbolism.",
      "scope_note": "Readiness, righteousness, faithfulness, and truth are context-specific associations rather than one invariant symbolism.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000598",
          "statement": "Scripture also uses belt/girdle imagery for righteousness, faithfulness, and truth, so “girdle = strength for action” cannot function as a universal code.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Readiness, righteousness, faithfulness, and truth are context-specific associations rather than one invariant symbolism.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000931",
              "osis_start": "Isa.11.5",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 11:5",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000502",
              "osis_start": "Eph.6.14",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Ephesians 6:14",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}